ASIA/PAKISTAN - Coadjutor Bishop appointed for Islamabad-Rawalpindi
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father Benedict XVI, with the date August 4, 2009, appointed Father Rufin Anthony, Rector of Christ the King Major Seminary in Karachi and Vicar General of Faisalabad, as Coadjut ...
31 August 2009
AFRICA/CONGO DR - Bishop of Mbujimayi resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on August 1, 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Mbujimayi (Democratic Republic of Congo), presented by Bishop Tharcis ...
31 August 2009
AFRICA/KENYA - Bishop of Ngong resigns
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on August 1, 2009, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Ngong (Kenya) presented by Bishop Cornelius Schilder, MHM, in conform ...
Dossier - Marian devotion and Marian shrines in Africa
Pope Benedict XVI's prayer to Mary Protectress of Africa
Magisterium on the Blessed Virgin Mary and Marian shrines
Certain features of African Marian devotion
Apparitions and visions: definition and historical ...
10 August 2009
Dossier - The Cloister
“The home of purity of life dedicated entirely to Jesus Christ, where silence is hallowed and Liturgy is a shared celebration of joy and adoration”: interview with Rev. Vincenzo Macera, parish priest at San Giuseppe ...
ASIA/INDIA - Church in India mourns priest slaying
Mangalore (Agenzia Fides) – The assassination of Fr. James Mukalel, a 39-year-old priest found dead near Mangalore (Karnataka, southern India), is still a mystery without any suspects in custody. His lifeless body was ...
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - First Congress on the Defense of Life: August 1-2
Medellin (Agenzia Fides) – On August 1-2, Medellin will host the first Congress on the Defense of Life, on the state of defenselessness of the human being today,
The event will be organized by the Christian Associatio ...